Valentino Rossi is riding better than he did at Yamaha when winning his last MotoGP world championship in 2009.
That’s the view of Yamaha boss Kouichi Tsuji, who was full of admiration for the Italian...

Andrea Dovizioso’s main target in the final five races of 2014 is to add to his two podium finishes on Ducati’s improving Desmosedici.
The experienced Italian has finished on the podium in Austin and...

Yamaha will continue to supply the Forward Racing squad with a factory YZR-M1 engine and chassis after a late strategy change for 2015.
Yamaha management have always been adamant that its Open class...

Danny Kent is confident Honda’s Moto3 machine will suit his fast cornering riding style more than the Husqvarna package he has been racing in 2014.
As was first reported by MCN in Misano last weekend,...

Jorge Lorenzo is to keep faith with long-serving crew chief Ramon Forcada.
Speculation has been rife that Lorenzo was contemplating replacing Forcada for 2015 after his failure to seriously threaten...

Highly rated Swiss rider Dominique Aegerter has explained why he turned his back on a potential MotoGP switch in 2015.
Aegerter, who is currently fourth in the Moto2 standings courtesy of a debut win...

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis reckons Colin Edwards was the outstanding candidate to play a key role in adapting the YZR-M1 to Michelin tyres for 2016.
Having prematurely split from the Forward Racing squad...

A shock return to MotoGP in 2015 for Valentino Rossi’s legendary ex-crew chief Jerry Burgess has been dismissed as ‘complete fantasy.’
Burgess, who was sacked by Rossi at the end of last season after...

Spaniard Alvaro Bautista will remain with the Gresini squad in 2015 after agreeing a two-year deal to lead the Italian factory’s return to MotoGP next season.
Just days after Gresini Racing announced...

Eugene Laverty is understood to have clinched a MotoGP move for 2015 with the high profile Aspar Honda squad.
MCN sources understand Laverty has agreed a deal to ride a production RCV1000R next season...

The 2015 MotoGP world championship campaign will kick off under the Losail International Circuit floodlights on March 22.
MCN obtained a final winter testing schedule that was approved in Misano yesterday (Friday) that confirmed the season opener will be run over four nights, with practice commencing on Thursday, March 19.
The 2015 winter testing schedule will kick off as originally intended at...

Fausto Gresini will lead Aprilia’s long awaited return to MotoGP competition next season after he confirmed a four-year collaboration with the Italian brand in Misano today.
Gresini will end his long...

Marc Marquez won’t try and steal a march on his rivals by racing Honda’s 2015 prototype RC213V machine in the final phase of the current campaign. Marquez broke the Brno lap record when he tested next year’s RC213V contender immediately after losing his 100% winning streak in the Czech Republic last month. The 21-year-old, who returned to winning ways last Sunday with a brilliant victory over...

Colin Edwards won’t have long to get used to life as a retired racer, with the American poised to kick off his new role as Yamaha’s official MotoGP test rider in a few days.
The Texan had planned to...

Chaz Davies is hoping a title challenge with Ducati in World Superbikes next year will be the springboard to a MotoGP switch in 2016.
The 27-year-old will remain on a factory Ducati Panigale in 2015,...